20 Incredible Pancake Recipes for Mom: These Pancakes Elevate Mother's Day Breakfast in Bed Recipe Collections Holidays Breakfast Brunch

Breakfast in bed is a Mother's Day tradition for many families. If your mom is expecting breakfast to be served to her on Sunday, make sure it's a meal she'll be talking about for weeks. Pancakes are always a good bet for breakfast in bed. But don't just stir together a basic store-bought pancake mix for Mom! She deserves the best.

Here are 20 incredible pancake recipes that are sure to put a smile on Mom's face. Don't forget a topping for those pancakes. Try our blueberry sauce, three-ingredient homemade pancake syrup, brown sugar syrup, three-ingredient vanilla sauce, honey, whipped cream, maple syrup or Mom's favorite pancake topping.

1. Fluffy Copycat Restaurant Pancakes: IHOP (aka International House of Pancakes) is clearly known for its pancakes. The restaurant chain has sold millions of their soft, fluffy pancakes all across the country. If you love IHOP's pancakes, you can eat them without even leaving the comfort of your own home with this copycat recipe.

2. Cinnamon Pancakes: We know the picture of these cinnamon pancakes made you smile. So can you imagine eating them? Mmm. (You're thinking about it, right?) Make this easy cinnamon pancake recipe with a sweet cinnamon glaze and crunchy chopped pecans for Mom.

3. Japanese Soufflé Pancakes: Japanese soufflé pancakes are thick, light and fluffy. Everything we love about a pancake recipe.

4. Chocolate Pancakes: Chocolate pancakes drizzled with a simple hot chocolate sauce takes breakfast or brunch to a whole new level – especially on Mother's Day.

5. Buttermilk Banana Pancakes: What's better than a tall stack of homemade, fluffy pancakes for breakfast or brunch? Not much! These pancakes are not only weekend and weekday worthy, but would also be a wonderful meal for mom on Mother's Day.

6. Peanut Butter Pancakes: Surprise the peanut butter lover in your family with a stack of these peanut butter pancakes. This pancake recipe starts with a premade pancake mix, so it's quick to throw together for brunch or breakfast.

7. Lemon Ricotta Pancakes: Skip the long waits at the brunch places this weekend and make this easy lemon ricotta pancake recipe in your own kitchen. This perfect, fluffy pancake recipe is so easy and delicious!

8. Melted Ice Cream Pancakes: Don't cry over melted ice cream pancake recipe can be made with any flavor of ice cream, so the possibilities are endless.

9. Queen Elizabeth's Pancakes: Treat Mom like a queen with this royal pancake recipe.

10. Pancake Rolls: These pancakes are kind of like a crepe, so they roll up easily and can be stuffed with all kind of ingredients – from fruit to nut butter to cream cheese.

11. Sheet Pan Buttermilk Pancakes: The fluffiest and most delicious sheet pan blueberry pancakes recipe with a buttermilk pancake batter and loads of blueberries. This breakfast or brunch recipe is baked in the oven for easy prep!

Photo and recipe courtesy of Reynolds Consumer Products.

12. Coconut Banana Pancakes: The smell and taste of this coconut banana pancakes recipe may just remind you of a relaxing vacation, perhaps a trip to the ocean, even a tropical destination.

13. Tiramisu Pancakes: Fluffy coffee-spiked pancakes with a creamy mascarpone sauce is brunch or breakfast (or dessert?) heaven on a plate. You won't be able to eat just one.

14. Fluffy Baked German Pancake: You don't need a lot of ingredients to impress Mom with this beautiful German pancake recipe.

15. Fluffy Dairy-free Pancakes: In less than 15 minutes, you'll have a stack of fluffy pancakes to drizzle that maple syrup or honey on for breakfast or brunch. Delish!

16. Chocolate Pancakes With Espresso-Spiked Whipped Cream: If you’re looking for a pancake recipe that has a little kick to it, well, you found it!

17. Lemon Poppy Seed Pancakes: These fantastic fresh lemon-glazed pancakes will be the star of your next breakfast or brunch. Make sure you have copies of the recipe handy because everyone will ask for it.

18. Matcha Pancakes: If you're looking for a different pancake recipe to surprise Mom with on Mother's Day, here it is. This easy matcha pancake recipe is on the plate in about 20 minutes.

19. Multigrain Pancakes: These fluffy multigrain pancakes are a wholesome bite for Mother's Day breakfast or brunch.

20. Silver Dollar Pumpkin Pancakes: Bigger isn't always better, especially when it comes to pancakes. These easy silver dollar pumpkin pancakes are little bites of deliciousness.

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